By Geoffrey Barker, 1 December 2022
Most analyses of Trump focus on his narcissistic and often infantile personality, his contempt for truth and for the conventions of presidential office, his belligerent vulgarity, and his refusal to accept electoral defeat even as a mob of his violent followers stormed the US Capitol.
Trump is an obviously troubling figure given the strong, if possibly wavering, support he still commands inside the Republican Party. So perhaps it is time to try to explain the man who wants to be the 47th US President.
Trump is primarily a throwback to, or a descendant of, the counter-Enlightenment forces who resisted the transformational intellectual advances of the Enlightenment throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.
Voluntary assisted dying will soon be an option for the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, now the Senate has …
Former United States President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term in the White House will doubtless prompt fresh efforts …
To a young mind, science can be magical. Perhaps you remember a visually striking or seemingly inexplicable scientific demonstration from …
For most of the first 15 years of the 21st century, there was a fierce debate between rationalist supporters of …
This article is the second in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Read the first article here. …
In Australian news, opinion and popular culture, the figures of the hipster and the bogan are everywhere. These figures are …
